Sometimes the first anniversary of his death is one of peace when we realize that we managed to survive the worst year of our life, but then...

There is no expiration date on the love between a father and his child.   — Jennifer Williamson A reader writes:  I recently lost my father,...

When working with families and friends of people who have been murdered I find that the operative verb is never died but was killed . . . Be...

It is said that Time soothes mourning ~ No, Time makes nothing happen; it merely makes the emotivity of mourning pass.  ~ Roland Barthes A r...

September is National Suicide Prevention Month Best selections from Grief Healing's most recent X feed:     In my grief, I’ve learned to...

Best selections from  Grief Healing's X stream  this week: Highlighting the dissonance between clinical diagnosis and the human experien...

[Reviewed and updated February 2, 2025 ] For we have shared many griefs, but they are translated into pure love and rejoicing when we meet. ...

A reader writes: How does one deal with the overwhelming grief at 14 months and 9 days? For me it is harder and more painful now. Am I craz...

[Reviewed and updated September 9, 2025 ] He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche A reader writes:   I have...

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.  ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero A reade...

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that is my religion.   ~ Abraham Lincoln A reader writes:   The poetry I read on y...

Best selections from  Grief Healing's Twitter stream  this week: Grief, the experts tell us, is not an emotion, like sadness, but a proc...

[Reviewed and updated September 9, 2025 ]   Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only afte...

[Reviewed and updated August 10, 2023 ] Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in...

A reader writes:  I recently lost my father and I am unable to handle my loss.  I don't know why, but I want to dig him up and bring him...

But at the time of transition, your guides, your guardian angels, people whom you have loved and who have passed on before you, will be...

Find the latest version of this post here: Making Time and Space for Grief A reader writes: The selfishness in me is getting the best of m...

Credit:  Barrie Johnson ,   Unsplash [Reviewed and updated November 7 , 2021 ] Although the world is full of suffering, it is full a...

[Reviewed and updated February 12, 2024 ] Although there is no magical cure for the pain of losing a person you love, forming a bond wi...

Best selections from  Grief Healing's Twitter stream  this week: Struggling with Grief? You Need Not Struggle Alone,  http://j.mp/2uJT...